Fire in the Ice Age: evidence from the Epigravettian at Korman’ 9, Middle Dniester Valley, Ukraine; a study published in Geoarchaeology
In-depth chemical analysis of three key 12th century medieval bronze doors by Barisanus of Trani uncovers which is the oldest and reveals how they were made; the analysed doors are from Trani, Ravello, Monreale
Atapuerca rewrites the history of Europe’s first inhabitants with the oldest known face in Western Europe: a fossil of Homo affinis erectus from Sima del Elefante
Time and life cycles reflected in the grinding stones of earliest Neolithic communities found in Central Europe
Evidence of cannibalism 18,000 years ago, from Maszycka Cave; the study has been published in Scientific Reports
Caucasus-Lower Volga (CLV): an Eneolithic population dated 4.500-3.500 BCE and a missing link in Indo-European languages’ history found, according to a study published in Nature
Early humans influenced the availability of meat and scavenging animals, in ecosystems 130,000 to 20,000 years ago
Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic people at Vasagård, on the Danish island Bornholm, to sacrifice unique “sun stones”
Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD; a new study has been published in Nature
New insights about Sagas and the literary tradition of Iceland can be found in ancient, reused parchments, written in Latin